CPD In The News

Opponents of demonstrators urging the Democratic Party to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA) stand outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018.

Un grupo de soñadores se dieron cita para pedir a líderes políticos que defiendan el Dream Act ante el gobierno. De no hacerlo, apoyarán y buscarán la ayuda de otros legisladores, afirmaron.

Con pancartas en mano un grupo de jóvenes inmigrantes y partidarios se reunieron este miércoles frente a la oficina de la senadora demócrata de California Dianne Feinstein en Los Ángeles para pedirle que luche por la aprobación del Dream Act.

For many DREAMERS, or undocumented young immigrants fighting to stay in the country, their battle could depend a lot on what happens in the next few weeks in Congress.

Supporters and protestors of those DREAMERS clashed in West LA Wednesday in front of Senator Feinstein's office.

“DREAM Act or primaries,” Ady Barkan, a spokesman from the activist group CPD Action, said Tuesday. “We need Democrats to deliver on their promise to pass a DREAM Act now or we will put our full weight behind primary challengers who are ready to protect our communities.”

Object Action: The "F" Word in a Post-Truth Eramarks the inauguration of Collect For Change-an initiative which collaborates with artists across disciplines, offering artwork with a portion of sales benefiting a charity personally selected by each artist.

Grupos como “United We Dream”, “Women´s March” y “CPD Action” reiteraron hoy que, en las próximas primarias, apoyarán a candidatos rivales que estén dispuestos a proteger a la comunidad inmigrante, si los demócratas no cumplen su promesa a los “Dreamers.”

 

New York was alone in 10 U.S. ID card programs — including San Francisco and neighboring Newark, New Jersey — in storing applicants' personal data, according to a report by the charity the Center for Popular Democracy in 2015.

Consumer campaigns have existed for more than a century, but the Trump presidency has galvanized activists and accelerated their work.

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My path as an activist had been fairly conventional. After law school, I represented low-wage Latino workers in Queens who had been victims of wage theft, and I helped write New York City’s groundbreaking paid sick days law.

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